I think there is some value to keeping the larger MCU in mind when discussing individual MCU films/franchises, but it obviously should not be the focus of all of our discussion in this thread in particular. A lot of us love to look at the MCU films as one long franchise, but I actually think it's more appropriate to discuss how IM3 fits into that narrative in the Iron Man 3 subforum than it is to discuss it in the Marvel Films forum. Maybe all it takes is a "How does IM3 fit into the MCU narrative/Phase II?" thread that is separate from this one. Or maybe I'm wrong.

oh and don't get me wrong that makes sense to me... when we discussed ultron it was grounded with info we know from IM3 or speculating.. the Kang stuff doesn't seem so as much imo... it's extremely loose